Ebola in DR Congo: On the ground, the head of WHO welcomes the ongoing response

The Director-General of the World Health Organization , Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Sunday commended the effort to counter the current Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . “I am impressed by the strong leadership that the DR Congo government has shown in responding to this outbreak from day one,” said the WHO chief, who visited affected areas on Sunday to evaluate the response to the epidemic.